The importance of this meeting and the changes this causes are kind of self explanatory. It is this chapter that defines and introduces the rest of the book. There really isn't much to comment about, other than, that I always envisioned the Power sitting in the dark, in a dress so white that it seemed to glow in the darkness, with silver hair to her toes and being a wise, kind faced African woman, even when I was a kid. Shrug.
I will note, that I may or may not get to post next week, though, due to some things happening in real life. Sorry in advance if I cannot manage to get something up here.
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Lyl is like the majority of people, in that she has to find her own strength, and not depend on a hope that she has some intervening miraculous 'something' that will make her life all right and fix everything. She will have to find the courage to figure it out and find her own talents and abilities. Life does hand some things to you, and sometimes people do help you with random acts of kindness that were not expected, but for the most part, Life can be outright cruel if you don't understand that YOU have to try.
Lyl is not really brave, so much as willing to try, even if it has a chance of not working, because it also has a chance to work, if she just dares to make the effort.
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I love Alga and Berta. They constantly add sweetness and comic relief in all that they do.
I spent a lot of time when I was younger being friends with ,and learning from, elderly women. This is a very good thing for children, from my experiences. They have only good lessons to teach: Be content with the ups and downs of life, leave a legacy, enjoy all the small, simple things in life, understand that naps are not just for toddlers, and they have a better comprehension of mortality than anyone. I was never afraid of death my whole childhood, because of some of the wonderful older women I was around.
They also love to be 'adopted' grandmothers, and always dote on the young. When I went off at 18 years old to move away and find my place in the world, the women gathered together and sent me off with gifts of their combined money to several thousand, just because they loved me and wanted me to have something to start a good foot forward with. That was so huge to me at the time, and helped me get through a rough time and my first year of college.
Never take the elderly for granted. They are some of the most amazing people you will ever know.
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This is huge because I realize some people will not understand the concept of having zero emotional interest in the family that birthed/raised you. Nor will the same people probably understand immediately emotionally attaching to a new family. But this happened to me, and remains very significant to my life.
This also shows off some of the Entha 'traditionalism' and their obsession with honor. And that there is nothing wrong with crying. Crying is not a sign of weakness, whining is. There is a HUGE difference. Crying is something that if more people did it, for good reason, or over the people totally worthy of the tears, people would be less stressed and happier in their day to day lives because the grief wasn't left bottled up within. Honest tears are a relief.
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Sooo, I am gonna go ahead and read this book. I made the decision based on a couple things.
Firstly, I like this book. It is short, but I do.
Secondly, I don't have to require myself to read it every week or anything. That makes it easier to want to read it.
Thirdly, I realize the more I read What a Wild Spirit Brings, that there are semblances with the Wheel of Time, and NOT all my writing is like that at all. I think this would help contrast and prove that :D.
Now we are to the castle in the story, and you can see, where, as so often in my writing, the meanings of names are important to me. :) Also, if you want to see the drawings in this book, again, you should just splurge the 99 cents, cuz this is only me reading. :D
Anyhoo, that is about it for this chapter commentary.
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So, now Lyl has met the Entha. The Entha have been at war for 4 years now with Caldorcan. The best way I can describe the Entha garb is "I Dream of Jeanie" outfits, but only sometimes with the veil, and never the hairdo :D.
Also, they wear browns, golds, and sometimes rust colors. Each Entha wears an earring since they were 5 years old, a silver sphere denoting which clan they belong to. Many others earn 'Rights' which are acts of heroism or fighting prowess, to give them a red sphere on the other ear. Entha are desert people, warriors, and look down on the weaker 'Greenlanders'. They value honor above all else, and are very traditional. The best way to describe them are 'Jeanie Aiel Navajo Ninja' :D
Also we meet some of the spawn of Shaeolum. I always liked Greek mythology, and liked minotaur as 'bad guys'. I also genuinely like bats and wolves. So, I made them into combined creatures, and gave them a bond, kinda master and slave. Yes, a lot like Fades and Trollics. This book, the only really out of all my books, has some inspirations from the Wheel of Time, but it is also about Lyl, and I wanted Lyl to be in the first book I published. Besides, we all know I love me some Wheel of Time. :D Shrug.
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Treasure in the Snow is a book about a girl who ends up enslaved to a witch, and she is forced to serve in a dark, foreboding castle. A monster lives outside, and the other people of the castle have all lived there so long they have become a little disturbed. Their lives are very changed and their character flaws revealed by the innocence of the little girl.
There are drawings in the book (I draw), but it isn't for small children.
It is on Kindle for .99usd, so if you liked the first chapter, might as well get it. I don't know if I intend to finish reading it on Youtube or not, but prob not. I am more focused on finishing What a Wild Spirit Brings at the moment. Just being honest.
The book is like most of my writing- Dark Fantasy with a focus on character growth.
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